REST is one of Success Magazines 2016’s Best Books
Granted, it may seem like a list of "71 of 2016’s Best Books to Make You Successful" can simply list every business book published this year and declare
“What we used to know about rest” in Thrive Global
I didn't make a note about this when it came out last week, but I have a piece in Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington's new project, about "What we used
Speaking at American Library Association, January 21
The American Library Association's midwinter conference is going to be in Atlanta from January 20-24. Naturally ALA attracts lots of book publishers (as well as makers of shelves, desks,
“This interest should be so absorbing that when he is thus engaged, business is banished from mind”
Walter Dill Scott, in his 1914 book Increasing Human Efficiency in Business (available on the Internet Archive), advises workers on the need for hobbies: Upon entering business every young man should
“A complete relaxation of the body often gives freedom to the intellect”
Around World War I, there were several business writers who advised readers about how to balance work and rest-- particularly mental rest-- in the modern office. Bertie Charles Forbes
“It might be that rest, more than work, is the ultimate source of big transformations, life-changing disruptions.”
Novelist and critic Nilanjana Roy has a nice essay about vacations and REST in the Financial Times. Normally I quote the parts that say really complimentary things about
Seneca on busyness as idleness
If you ask people how they're doing, you'll often get some variation of "I'm so busy!" Many people make the mistake of confusing busyness with productivity; in fact, they're
“Busy men find life very short:” Seneca on busyness, leisure and time
Yesterday I read Seneca's essay "On The Shortness of Life." I read his Letters from a Stoic when I was on sabbatical in Cambridge, and recently saw a reference
WAMC Golden Notebook
The Books Pick podcast recommends Rest as a holiday read. the podcast features reviews from the Golden Notebook, a bookstore in Woodstock, New York. The discussion starts at 14:25, though the opening
And the award for most out-of-the-way reference to REST goes to…
A piece from the Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien on "Bypassing Chokepoints: On the Anthropogeography of Smuggling." I'm sure there's some pithy saying by Von Clausewitz about when